Look at: http://www.ntua.gr/ntp
Mark
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Shobhit Saxena wrote:
> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:36:41 +0530
> From: Shobhit Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Zygo Blaxell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Tool for synchronizing system time to another host.
>
> Zygo Blaxell wrote:
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Kristian Soerensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >xntpd is available and is what most people are using unless the machine is
> > >short of RAM. It can take a few minutes of manual reading to get going but
> > >apart from that it's great.
> > >
> > >You can find a rpm file with xntpd and it's utilities, documentation etc.
> > >in the contrib directory on ftp.redhat.com or one of it's mirrors.
> >
> > I recommend nothing less than xntpd for time synchronization. xntpd will
> > actually attempt to correct your system's local clock by adjusting it to
> > run slightly faster or slower based on its drift from the reference time.
> > It's also very cheap in terms of RAM usage. xntpd also has authentication
> > and some sanity checks (it won't let your clock be set back to 1980, for
> > instance).
> >
> > rdate and timed just reset the clock by brute force in a cron job.
> >
> > --
> > Zygo Blaxell, Linux Engineer, Corel Corporation, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work),
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (play). It's my opinion, I tell you! Mine! All MINE!
> > Size of 'diff -Nurw [...] winehq corel' as of Tue Feb 9 09:14:00 EST 1999
> > Lines/files: In 0 / 0, Out 7281 / 93, Both 7281 / 93
>
>
> Can somebody help me with the _exact_ location on the internet
> where i can find the source/rpm for the above?
>
> Thanx in advance,
> SSaxena
>
> --
> Linux : The choice of a GNU generation ]=----------
>
--
Mark Riehl
The MITRE Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(732) 389-6752
